Well well well, this is quite interesting. I'm very curious just how easy this is. If this could be done on a small scale safely then home kits could be made. The key part is:

The trick to their method: Instead of leeching with an excess of citric acid like conventional methods, they use a relatively small amount. Because of this, only two of the three acid groups in the citric acid dissociate.

The released protons break up the lithium-oxygen bonds, releasing lithium ions from the NCM into the solution. Bonds between the other metal ions and the oxygen ions are also broken. Nickel, cobalt, and manganese enter the solution, where they are bound into stable complexes by the citric acid anions.

The third acid group of the citric acid then reacts with the hydroxyl group on the same molecule. A ring closure occurs in an intramolecular esterification (Fischer lactonization) reaction. This facilitates the reaction of the intermediates with each other to make a polyester, which gels into solid particles that can easily be separated out. Energy consumption and CO2 emissions are significantly less than in conventional hydrometallurgical recycling processes.

#recycling #lithium #batteries #sciencenews #technews

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-recycling-batteries-citric-acid-highly.html


Morning #Nostr

Yesterday morning was a bit rough for my little man who was a STUD at the #dentist for his tooth pull. No numbing gel just straight to the needle, then the tooth had outward angled roots shaped like fans that seriously hurt despite the numbness. Healthy does of Ibuprofen and he was good to go to school.

I'm in love with my new keyboard. Finally quality! The SSD is slowly getting repopulated with my backed up data but it is taking forever. I got the cooler cleaned out of the trash produce but was surprised to still have a big tub of celery that is good.

I'm FINALLY going to be getting my S19 from @Kaboomracks and it looks like it will be a bit better than what I had ordered, the 29.5 J/T instead of 34.5J/T which is just that much more efficient but still puts out a ton of heat to warm the greenhouse.

#homesteading #proudDad  #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/tooth-pull-the-tooth-pdc-cooler-cleanout-glorious-new-keyboard-ssd-trailer-matching-kraken-light-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


Operation paperclip.


And this is the psychosis that pervades the morons here in Washington state. The extreme reaction is so telling.
https://www.krem.com/article/news/politics/washington-senator-patty-murray-opposition-robert-kennedy-jrs-nomination-secretary-of-health-and-human-services/293-d5b84cdb-6f94-479c-b2a8-84c83caeacc6


Same here. He is a really good man and could possibly make a significant impact. Let's hope he and the rest of the administration survive the tenure.


Soggy Morning #Nostr

Quite the rain day yesterday which kept me inside for most of it. I got my hard drive shipped off for diagnosis and have my replacement SSD arriving today along with a real quality keyboard for once in my life. In the afternoon I managed to get my computer t orecognize the NanoNVA and I was able to start running tests on my smaller #hamradio #antennas. This was the output from my 2m whip antenna centered on 145 mhz. Lots to learn this winter!

#homesteading #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #thedumpening

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/rain-day-deluge-hdd-and-ssd-pdc-nanovna-chores-drip-edge-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


pig skin is wallowing and stout?


How #Nostr
Got in a great #paragliding #flight yesterday mid day, my longest at the site and my second longest ever. Had some great learning during the flight and felt solid and comfortable the whole time.

The shit hit the fan in the evening when my 1TB internal HDD fucked off and died. I ran every forensics program I have, plugged it into every box I have, nothing. SO ENRAGING!!!!!!! I am taking the drive to a recovery service today to see if the data can be salvaged. Thankfully it was mostly backed up so not everything is toast, just the past 3 months worth...

#rage #techNOlogy #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-135083/@flemingfarm/super-high-then-super-low-chiro-paragliding-flight-93-vna-my-hd-died-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


Exactly. We just watched #3 with the boys and the hoverboard made an appearance there too


Where's my hoverboard? I'd take that at a minimum.


Or just wake up properly.
Sounds delicious!


holy fucking enraging maddening down right fucking catastrophic bullshit!!!! Hard Drive just died. I backed it up 2 months ago.... I'm taking it to a recovery service tomorrow... I am so enraged all I want to do is break everything around me! I could lose my flight video from today and a couple months of my daily pictures...


We love our Harvest Right. They can handle quite the variety and the shelf life is decades in mylar.


Sounds like you need a freeze dryer!


Up and down the tree I went yesterday in my climbing spikes but the damned tree wouldn't go over. I'll make it go today no matter what. Finally got our Starlink back up and going in the morning so I could get my miners all started up and hashing again. Thankfully I have my chiro appointment this morning to help relieve some of the super soreness.

#homesteading #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/rain-starlink-finally-pdc-tree-climbing-the-tree-that-wont-fall-pain-monday?ref=flemingfarm


Happy ATH #Nostr

I found the next trees to come down on the hillside yesterday and the rounds should end up in the sheep pen at the base of the hill once they are bucked. Will be a long trundle for them. Got the rounds of lodgepole pine split and stacked so we have room to split and stack the dry fir in the wood cover. I'm hoping my pain level lowers today to allow me to work since it had me up at 3am this morning.

#homesteading #firewood #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/pdc-utd-rain-odd-maple-selecting-next-fellings-splitting-wood-office-space-pain-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


Hi again #Nostr
Busy day yesterday trying to get a bunch done before the rains hit. After the predawn grain run I got junk hauled then the wood rounds stacked to cure for the winter. I've got lots more room nearby for more stacks and a lot more trees to come down. The feed bags worked perfectly to line the underside of the wood cover and should do really well over winter.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/grain-run-hauling-garbage-hauling-and-stacking-logs-wood-cover-cover-hauling-branches-rain-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


Morning #Nostr

Kind of a throw away day yesterday, at least for being productive. The assemblies took up much of the day but are important for us to go to, the boys love seeing us in the crowd. It's always nice when the Superintendent comes and makes it a point to say hi to us.

Playing with Jan now and I'm finally finding some uses for the AIs. The best thing is having them offline so I've been able to mess with them without our internet working yet.

I did get a bit of time late in the day to toss, trundle, and throw the wood rounds down the hill into a pile where I will gather and haul them today. Last day before the rains hit so I have to get as much done as I can.

#Homesteading #countryliving #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/veterans-day-assemblies-tablet-jan-county-co-op-trailer-chucking-logs-kraken-friday?ref=flemingfarm


Klein are the best tools. I love every one of mine!


We have nat gas central heat for the house but the heat is different, the wood heat is stronger and feels much more cozy.


Morning #Nostr

Got more trees limbed and bucked yesterday then hauled the nice dry rounds to the wood cover. I've got oodles more trees that I can take down and cut up but am going to have to build a curing rack most likely as I am limited on space in the wood cover.

Our youngest's 8th birthday and he had a great day. I still have to setup his tablet for hiim today which he is super stoked for.

#homesteading #farmstr #logging #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/more-wood-cutting-fly-tree-felling-utd-log-hauling-stacking-8th-birthday-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


Lol, to each their own. It's so fulfilling having a tree fall on the spot intended.


candy kids are a special time in history


Side hill! I 've figured out how to get my face and back cuts right to deal with some of these jacked leans.


Well smack my ass and call me accurate #nostr! That tree landed EXACTLY where I wanted it to go. The thing had a 10°+ lean UPHILL but the branches were all to the downhill side. Sometimes I  manage to impress myself, and that is a hard task most days.

Now as soon as the boys walk in the house I will send them up to trundle the rounds down the 90ft slope so I can load them to haul to the wood cover. Trundling is a core memory of my childhood and they will have it too.

#homesteading #logging #firewood #diy
 https://image.nostr.build/238feb3a4e0c54466ccc0a824f34227d345ddec6917e8ad5767779a28efdfa28.jpg


El hombre Naranja manana #Nostr

In the interest of saving myself grief later when the ground is frozen I took advantage of the still warmer temps to get the yard cleared by the patio yesterday. The Orgeon grape had gotten to scraggly and was right under the drip edge for the roof. I'd been meaning to do this for years so it's nice to have it done. Apparently there was something going on around the country but I ignored it the best I could all day long. Here in Washington state our vote doen't matter so we just get to watch the rest fo the  country's vote do the electing.

#Homesteading #diystr #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/sunshine-plants-cleanup-tearout-hauling-trimming-tree-starlink-kraken-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


Fuck the election I'm watching hockey.


That is by design. A people removed from nature are FAR easier to control.


One hell of a storm yesterday. It seriously dumped for a couple hours mid day which did a nice job of watering in all the garlic. A quick trip to the dentist for R in the morning as the storm hit full force then in the afternoon I got the parts for the battery box for the Dino costume which J umped into the moment they were home from school. The corn got removed from the cob  though I did lose a few ears to mold, I still got about 5 pounds of kernels. Now begins the freezes so I have to make sure the farm is fully ready for it today.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/sky-flood-dentist-torrential-trex-repair-sunset-corn-entropy-cleaning-monday?ref=flemingfarm


An impressive, local/offline, open source ChatGPT alternative.

https://jan.ai/


Sweet, thanks for this. Been wanting an offline version so this is perfect


Spent the morning yesterday working on soldering fixes and lipo pack builds, some of which are for my #meshtastic nodes. I got the solar panel late so will try it out today despite the rain. The big job of the day was moving the last of the rocks/boulders from the inner yard out  to the wall along the road. With 20F lows coming I had to get them moved before they freeze in place.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/losers-soldering-meshtastic-bury-wires-garlic-signs-moving-rocks-to-wall-fog-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


Forecast calls for 21F Tuesday night but not calling for snow yet so hopefully there is time.


Yeah there was some solid downpours that followed the backside of the system through but the heaviest ws before noon for us. The region needed it though.


Morning #Nostr
The sky flood ended by noon yesterday and put us at 1.75" for the storm. We ended up in town mid day at Lilac Lanes for brunch and #bowling before heading back to the farm. The boys helped me get the rest of the #garlic planted so I am at over 1000 in the ground. In the evening I hefted all the potatoes to the basement to keep them cool and dark which opened up a ton of space in the living room.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/sky-flood-town-bowling-finished-planting-1000-garlic-kraken-potato-move-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


New #Meshtastic stable firmware 2.5.8 is up now

https://flasher.meshtastic.org/


you might need to unplug it then hold down the user button while plugging it back in to put it into programming mode


UART drivers?


have to use a chrome based browser to use the web flasher


Nonstop rain yesterday. My garlic order FINALLY arrived so I can now try to get them planted between downpours. Poor kiddo woke with a super swollen cheek which meant a trip to urgent care. While they were in town I got the lipo pack built, finally got word from nostr:nprofile1qqsq230nk8uqu78lk2ldcq9p8eqmp4qghq2x67tz0nyzcr09lpup87qpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtc8j0yhr regarding my now backordered S19, built first fire in fireplace for season, then grilled our steaks over the fire in the firepit.

Now if only Starlink would actually get to the support ticket....

#homesteading #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/swollen-rain-day-deluge-garlic-arrived-lipo-pack-build-first-fireplace-fire-fire-pit-grilling-friday?ref=flemingfarm


My land is very rocky so their feet stay prettty good most of the year. I will give them a dose of Iver usually once a year.


I'm more hands off the sheep for the most part. They get round bales moved into the pen and I dump loads of spent brewing grain out for them to devour. I wish I had actual pasture they could graze but I have to feed year round. I'm preparing to butcher at least 2 this winter and my old ram is looking a bit on the backside of life.


Soggy morning #Nostr

Yesterday was a serious mixed bag. After my predawn grain run I moved our Starlink antenna like they were suggesting for better signal and after the move the antenna is dead. Refuses to talk to the router.... and ZERO help from Starlink so far. Rather unimpressed.

I DID get the roof extension built for the patio though which I have been wanting to do for years. It works wonderfully now and has the drip edge much farther from the concrete and is minimizing the splash back towards the door.  Snow load will be my only concern.

My garlic has FINALLY shipped 3 weeks late and nostr:nprofile1qqsq230nk8uqu78lk2ldcq9p8eqmp4qghq2x67tz0nyzcr09lpup87qpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtc8j0yhr still refuses to respond regarding my order...

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/rain-grain-run-starlink-dead-patio-roof-extension-kraken-lipo-pack-dinner-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


It took my a while to finally get to it but the greenhouse is now in winter mode. Got 13 pounds of produce from the remains and a couple things are still growing in the soil. If @kaboomracks ever figures out my order I might be setting up for winter growing...

I reflashed all my #Mestastic devices and got my channels all setup I thiink correctly and am now trying to make the admin channel work for remote management. I need it mounted up on the hill and not down in the hole by the house or else the line of sight would be negligible.

#Homesteading #diystr #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/repairs-meshtastic-greenhouse-cleanup-conferences-man-utd-last-harvests-fire-trailer-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


Morning #Nostr

Very happy with how the garlic test came out of the #Freezedryer. I'm really looking forward to next year's harvest when I have hundreds of heads to put through the machine. Little flavor packed morsels of spiciness that melt in the mouth.... MMMMMMM.

My last 3 varieties of #garlic should be shipping today so I can finally get them in the ground, a couple weeks late.

nostr:nprofile1qqsq230nk8uqu78lk2ldcq9p8eqmp4qghq2x67tz0nyzcr09lpup87qpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtc8j0yhr has gone silent and refusing to respond to my emails regarding my order.... None too pleased by this. Now the site shows none of the hundreds of S19s they had available... But my order still says "processing".

#homesteading #farmstr #foodstr #Hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/chiro-freeze-dryer-batch-97-finished-cleanup-parade-fence-kraken-crush-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


I make them every time we are at a restaurant that has napkin wraps or straw sleeves. They get flung across the table at one of the boys in hopes of a direct hit.


Morning #Nostr

I DID IT! I got the stump removed and the ground leveled back over the top of it. That stump had been staring at me for well over 4 years now and boy did it put up a fight. Over 12 sections had to be cut free since the root base is still 4 feet across below my cuts. This is by far and away the largest stump I have had to deal with.

I have to order a solar panel for my #Meshtastic node so I can get it mounted up on the hill in hopes of getting a better range compared to down here in the hole by the house. The battery pack I built for it will last for a few days so the panel should do well at keeping the batteries topped off even in winter.

#homesteading #farming #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #countryliving

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/mesh-node-hay-bale-i-fought-the-stump-and-i-won-gate-fence-cleanup-monday?ref=flemingfarm


Morning again #Nostr

Thanks to the rain yesterday morning much of my time was spent inside during the day. I popped apart another LiPo pack and separated the cells out, then my spot welder arrived and I was able to build the 4 cell pack for my #Meshtastic node that I will be mounting on a tree on the upper property. The boys got the peppers and celery cut up for the #freezedryer and the cyle is running now.  When the batch is done I really HAVE to change the pump oil before the next batch is run.

#homesteading #diystr #lora #hive #peakd #dailyblog #foodstr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/rain-pdc-utd-lipo-cells-seahawks-spot-welder-plants-pack-build-freeze-dryer-batch-97-started-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


Hallo #Nostr

We had success at the ski swap in Spokane and both got boots and I another set of tele bindings. We are now ready for the snow to DUMP. After breakfast in Deer Park we just missed the incredibly huge crowd arriving for the Pumpkin Lane walk through town. Rain is here so I had a number of things to do to get the farm ready for it and the sheep hut was a rather important one. The wood on the roof is trash so the tarp will do to keep them dry this winter.  I'll replace the roof eventually.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/spokane-ski-swap-breakfast-ufc-pdc-firewood-tarps-tiedowns-fire-grilling-kraken-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


https://image.nostr.build/6fd66ef89dcfab16067f77da9d2906319ae718c676004213de28fd7bd8d643e9.jpg

Never forget!


Get a couple or more to play with even with no one nearby. I have mine setup and no one within line of site, but like the old saying, "build it and they will come".


Not the best of days yesterday as my body went into the yearly Fall nosedive. The quick lack of sunlight causes my body to turn on itself and my eczema goes into hyperdrive. I'm dosing Vit D quite heavily to try and bounce out of this if possible. Fortunately I keep prednisone on hand for just this sort of occasion. Now I am starting to understand the people who bolt to Scottsdale every Winter.

It did give me a chance during the day to find the tools I will need for building LiPo packs, so I guess there is a tiny bright spot.

#pain #sunonskin #Hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/wasted-day-pdc-ifs-pain-tools-fire-grilling-friday?ref=flemingfarm


Mornin #Nostr

Yesterday I've finally started breaking #LiPo packs down for the cells after finally seeing a good video on it. My first goal is to build a 6volt pack to use with my #Meshtastic node, a substantial pack. I'll have it solar charged but want the big pack with to make sure it can get through the long winter nights.

Went out and limbed and bucked one of the trees that I felled then loaded it and the dry rounds into my truck and dumped them by the wood cover in the yard. The live rounds will cure over winter while the dry are perfect for burning in the house now.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/charging-pdc-utd-lipo-packs-disassembly-bucking-tree-hauling-rounds-kraken-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


Not saying it was aliens BUT.... It was ALIENS

https://www.intelsat.com/newsroom/intelsat-reports-is-33e-satellite-loss/


In the interest of trying to not exacerbate the pain yesterday I kept the workload minimal. I didn't want to destroy the chiro work done but still had to get something done during the day. I've been meaning to move the tires from the piles to stacks and finally got it done. They are all covered to keep the rain away from the wall and it cleans up a nice sided area. I will likely use them somewhere around the farm, I'd grown potatoes a couple years in stacks but no need now that I am growing them in rows.

#homesteading #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/freezing-fog-chiro-clothes-bivy-tire-stacking-fall-colors-pain-problems-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


It's like imperialism, just with extra steps.


GASP! You mean peace might be possible WITHOUT the US sticking its fetid dick in the mix?


Looking for the FBI badges on their belts


Lol, Tannerite at 20ft.


Mornin #Nostr

It was tree felling day yesterday. After the #freezedryer finished I was out hacking on the stump for a while before I headed up the hill to take down 4 trees. I got 2 limbed, 1 bucked, and the buced rounds trundeled down the hill. I have to go limb and buck the rest today. The fireplace is ready enough to get going so I will probably give it a run in the next day or two.

#homesteading #farmstr #firewood #Hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/freeze-dryer-batch-96-finished-stump-cutting-cut-down-4-trees-bucked-1-tree-chimney-sweep-kraken-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


It was nice getting the rain yesterday as we have needed it. After a rough night I managed to get a few things done during the day. The fireplace has needed attention for a while and holy balls was there a lot of ash where it wasn't supposed to be. Lots more work to don on it still. The last potatoes came out of the ground and I only managed about 4 pounds in the couple really short rows.

EHomesteading #farmstr #spudstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/rain-fireplace-work-wiring-dentist-last-potatoes-dug-ashes-nmminer-pain-monday?ref=flemingfarm


Soggy morn #Nostr

We did it! 800 cloves of #garlic are in the ground and covered for the winter. The boys planted and covered after I made the holes. The mass of pine needles I gathered proved to be just the right amount and will do quite nicely to protect them all over winter. Still 3 more varieties waiting to arrive that will get planted. Quite proud of the boys for their help and really happy to have them all in. Perfect timing as it dumped rain overnight and is still going.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #garlicstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/family-garlic-planting-day-pdc-nfl-lora-mesh-freeze-dryer-batch-96-started-pain-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


Probably don't want to be shooting the brick left out in the barn exposed to the weather for eons but ammo stored properly can be good for decades.


Hallo #Nostr

We went to the ski swap in Colville yesterday morning and got everyone skis and the boys boots, poles, and helmets as well. After lunch we stopped at the ranch for steaks and roasts. I spent my afternoon pulling apart all the heads of #garlic to get a count and prep them for planting today. 794 cloves from the 10 varieties and I still have 3 more vafieties shipping soon. My hope is to have 1000 cloves in the ground but may fall a bit short.

#homesteading #farmstr #foodstr #skistr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/s19-utd-ski-swap-skiing-gear-lunch-steaks-prepping-800-garlic-cloves-fire-grilling-kraken-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


The S19 is ordered! I have to do some electrical work to get the 220v to the greenhouse but I have the wire for it. I just might be able to heat the whole greenhouse this winter.


Pretty sure most controllers have it built in.


I run my gate opener with a single solar panel, car battery, and a solar charge controller. This is the one I have and it has done just fine keeping the battery from discharging too far even in the middle of winter.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61IJQfe+3QL._AC_SL1000_.jpg


The first deep freeze of the season hit and the leaves on the trees spent the day raining down with each little breeze. The #garlic garden is nearing ready to plant and I will have at least 10 varieties planted by the end of the day tomorrow.

I'm going to get an S19 for the greenhouse heat this winter. The S9 did well last winter but the heat from the S19 will be a lot more. I will be putting my pots on a table and the S19 will sit beneath it so the heat keeps the table and pots warm all winter long.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/freeze-fence-client-pdc-shuffle-garlic-garden-tilling-friday?ref=flemingfarm


Detachable Penis - King Missile


#wordsofwisdom #lifeadvice #hhgttg #whereisyertowel #whereismybabelfish

https://nostpic.com/media/80bfd70e77ad84c01489e650c089ee81ef4111d9ed66a6d4498d9ad8a0abccdc/8cead4a7a78e58de9923fab738158c818677950e64eb282e4d48c8193d3c9c56.webp


The gardens got torn down yesterday and glad I did as it is 25F this morning. I have finally dialed into the timing as prior years I didn't get winterization done in time. The ground has to be exposed for Spring thaw to happen correctly, I've learned the hard way.

50 pounds of celery is in the cooler and I found them to be on the smaller side since I didn't thin the seedlings. Lesson learned and next year I will make sure to have just one plant per spot.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/bug-gardens-teardowns-garlic-50-lbs-celery-freeze-prep-trampoline-spuds-kraken-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


ethernet hubs that all wired devices connect to. This is one I got that is working just fine.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PFYM5MZ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1


We have had Starlink for about a year and it has been almost perfect. We have trees blocking some of the sky so we get some hiccups but the speed is overall great. You will want to have switches if you want a lot of wired devices connected though.


The paste seems to have cured clear, no sign of it on image.

Foraged wild blueberries don't have the daily water to plump the berries like farms do. Hence the higher flavor in wild over farmed. Same as strawberries.


We got a nice bit of much needed rain which stopped by morning yesterday. As I pulled tomato plants and weeds in the greenhouse one of the pepper plants came loose so I potted it up and it is looking great this morning in the house.

133 pounds of potatoes dug from 4 rows over the day. It makes 215 pounds of the late spuds and I have a couple short rows still to dig. I'm only at 902 pounds for the year and not likely to hit my 1000 lb goal, but lessons learned so next year will be better.

#homesteading #farmstr #foodstr #spudstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/rain-greenhouse-pepper-plant-1st-ecash-block-found-digging-133lbs-late-potatoes-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


I saw someone somewhere talk about mining XEC and figured I'd give it a shot since there is far fewer miners in the network. I went with Solopool and I was right to try. In those 6 days I would have made about 7000 sats on the Braiins pool, now i can buy far more than that with the $65 block reward.


I wish I didn't need it but my flying/gliding club is on it.


BEST Telegram notification I've gotten in years! My S9 found my first #eCash block in only 6 days at about 16 TH/s! 10X reward than what it did on Braiins over 6 days.

#mining #XEC #YAYme #crypto

https://nostpic.com/media/80bfd70e77ad84c01489e650c089ee81ef4111d9ed66a6d4498d9ad8a0abccdc/310e19b505790318253167988fc0b7e29b24dc8c370813d6805b83741bb0999c.webp


Crunch time has arrived. The rain hit last night so yesterday I had a ton to get done. The lumber logs are all stacked and covered, rounds under the wood cover, shed roof covered, tools put away, lots of misc things found their homes, then I dug 82 pounds of potatoes from 2.3 rows. I still have 6 rows to dig which should put me over 1000 lbs of spuds this year.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #winteriscoming #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/lumber-stacking-digging-late-potatoes-shed-seeds-garden-covers-kraken-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


This is the official #Bitaxe 601 Gamma giveaway!

How to enter:
•Like this post
•Share this post.
•Follow us on NOSTR.

What you’ll receive:
•1- Bitaxe 601 Gamma.
•1- 5V, 6A power supply.
•1-Solo Satoshi Bitaxe stand.
•1- Bitaxe “Anarchy” t-shirt.
•1- Limited Edition PEZ dispenser.

This package will be shipped anywhere in the world completely free of charge.

•One winner will be randomly picked 72 hours from the time this is posted.

The winner has 24 hours to claim the reward. If the package is not claimed, another person will be randomly picked.

#Bitcoin #SoloSatoshi #BTC
https://m.primal.net/KxAL.jpg
https://m.primal.net/KyfE.jpg
https://m.primal.net/KxAM.jpg
https://m.primal.net/LWjz.jpg
https://m.primal.net/LWkB.jpg


OMG #Nostr

I am SO SORE after the lumber and firewood cutting trip yesterday. It took 2 hrs drive each way, an hour and a half of cutting, and an hour and a half loading but I have a full load of 12+ foot logs for lumber and a full tree in rounds to cure for firewood.

Hardest drive I can remember in years as the trailer was way too tail heavy so I was fighting it fishtailing the whole drive home. 55mph max was all it could handle and I know there was some pissed off people who had to go around me on the highway.

#homesteading #logging #firewood #whiteknuckledrive #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #diystr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/lumber-logs-and-firewood-cutting-trip-back-to-the-forest-monday?ref=flemingfarm


Forget the comet there's a Klingon bird of prey uncloaked behind Lincoln!

#nasaApod #startrek

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2410/CometA3Dc_Gilmore_1080.jpg


The sun is nearly risen #Nostr

I think I have enough pine needles to cover the garlic garden this year. After raking the old road and some of the hillside I had almost too much for the truck and trailer. Last year I just filled the truck bed but with 4 times as much garlic I'll be growing htis year I need the extra. Rain is inbound so I wanted it all gathered prior, save my back some abuse without the water weight to lift.

Was going to go get lumber wood tomorrow but it will be raining in the mountains so I am going today.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/the-great-pine-needle-pile-loramesh-moving-and-stacking-firewood-pdc-chain-sharpening-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


You rule! THANK YOU!


Count the misused funding. What is ONLY a single EOD department's job we had count them... FIVE! show up. Yet during the wilding year there was a hands off m/o from ALL departments and the cities burned... The DOJ is anything but!

#wtf #guberment #justifyingexistence

"Several bomb squads, including those with WSP, Bellevue Police Department, King County and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) responded to the scene. "

https://www.krem.com/article/traffic/all-i-90-lanes-closed-mercer-island-due-to-police-activity/281-d77104a3-cb48-45ae-b410-ab654820537f


It seems a perfect fit for the low power devices and would be really nice to have a BBS available without phoneline or internet. There is a ton of old BBS software still floating around I just can't seem to find any specific esp32 builds, and I'm not exactly good at programming. Maybe one of the Linux versions could be ported over?


Been trying to figure out if it is possible to run an old school BBS setup over meshnets... They were all text based and used minimal memory but were super fun at the time.

#LORA #mesh #Meshtastic


Found a wasp nest at eye level yesterday morning but it is long empty, so I have it in the house to save. I got a bit more done on the stump as I had to cut another vertical cross cut to reduce the size of the chunks I have to cut out. Got a bit of shooting time and threw some lead at the hillside for the first time in a while. In the evening my new wireless tracker #LORA arrived and I got it quickly setup on #Meshtastic. I have plans on setting a number of the LORA devices up in my local region.

#Homesteading #farming #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/wasp-nest-greenhouse-aphids-pdc-stump-work-shooting-fire-nhl-lora-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


Tis morn again #nostr

After my predawn grain run yesterday morning and a second trip to town mid day I was able to get the fence swapped out in the yard and the dog christened it first thing. While in town I got a pair of partial #ISS #SSTV images decoded as the ISS went overhead and am trying for more as long as it is running. Today my new wireless tracker gets here so I will have the 3rd node in my #mesh net going.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/predawn-grain-run-sprocket-town-iss-sstv-pdc-fence-swap-chain-aviators-fire-grilling-friday?ref=flemingfarm


Given that the US has to stick its dick everywhere it is NOT supposed to be, you would think that people would decide NOT to live in Florida... Just sayin...  Fire actually becomes defendable compared to the wrath of nature being thrown at you in a many hundeds of miles wide mass of pissed off air.

#hurricanes #USdick #Phallus #zeroelevation #askingforit #victimshaming


ARISS SSTV image I was able to get part of this morning. Damn hard to get a full and clear signal/recording. I use websdr.org to follow the #ISS around the planet and record the signal where I can. It's a fun challenge and  you can get a digital reward for decoding even a partial image at https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/

#hamradio #spacestation #sdr

https://nostpic.com/media/80bfd70e77ad84c01489e650c089ee81ef4111d9ed66a6d4498d9ad8a0abccdc/d89271d5ea9b0fea11c26756f7a601970554b5e1adbc53e5c3b002db01dc5f7d.webp


CONCEPT:  Tethered water harvesting airships that hold a hydrogen fuel system that creates enough H to keep the airship aloft and to power the water extraction. The airships could have solar skin and wind turbines as they float at cloud base, possibly creating extra electricity for the grid. The water then flows down a tube on the tether to storage below. The hardest part likely is the tether being strong enough and long enough but not too heavy.

#needfunding #angelinvestor #thefuture

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/dcd4fa5be32a4f8a73643c8de56b123246ab8ef2/c=0-215-4835-2946/local/-/media/Salisbury/2014/12/17/B9315537314Z.1_20141217140032_000_GPU9EG3HT.1-0.jpg?width=3200&height=1680&fit=crop


Morning #Nostr

The turkeys and chickens finally found their way to the upper property yesterday and have done a number on the layers of pine needles coating the entire pen. I have well more than enough to haul down to cover the garlic garden for winter but I will need tto use the old bed liner as the sled to lower down the 90 foot hillside. Should be interesting.

Abada abada abada EAT LEAD RABBIT!

#Homesteading #farmstr #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/ariss-sstv-potting-pdc-geology-birds-rabbit-trailer-fence-fire-auroraless-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


I just told my oldest to look up Zimbabwe and the inflation fiasco last night. His jaw dropped when he saw that an egg cost a billion.


I just got my pair setup properly again this morning. The Heltec Lora v3 is pretty cheap and I've gotten a 4 mile connection between them. I'm looking at more so I can setup one on a sensor for my packages box to alert when something has arrived and one as a base node.


Salude Nostr

The greenhouse is now harvested thanks to the lying weather forecast saying 25F overnight. Regardless I got it all in the house and cooler so now I can work on pulling all the plants and getting it ready for winter. I have to get grain spread in it this year so need it down to soil sooner than later. If only my body would stop the muscle and joint pain I could get this stuff done faster.

#homesteading #farmstr #foodstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/oodles-of-harvests-greenhouse-clearout-pdc-rabbit-garden-teardown-freeze-prep-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


Morning #Nostr

The #freezedryer finished batch 95 yesterday morning and the onion tops came out delectable, the boys started devouring them once home from school. I worked around the gardens during the day but today will be the real crunch with 25F tonight. I get the fireplace parts today but likely won't be able to get the work done in time... At least we have central heat to cover until then.

The #ISS is emitting #SSTV images and you can follow along with websdr.org I almost caught it yesterday and will try again here in about 45 minutes when it passes overhead next. 145.800 MHz is where you can hear the signal. Any #hamradio ops should be able to catch it.

#homesteading #farmstr #foodstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/freeze-dryer-batch-95-finished-plastic-pdc-harvest-gardens-pitch-nhl-tomato-plant-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


Thanks to the muscle relaxers I was able to sleep so yesterday was a bit better. The PDC grand prix is on this week so I have the matches on during the day. Despite my need to rest my body I still had to get something done for the day. I'd been meaning to move it for months so the treadmill finally got shifted to the other studio.

In the late afternoon I began the process of collecting hte fir pitch from the stump I am removing. There are patches a 1/2 inch thick! I'm scraping oodles of it off and am going to save it in a big batch to melt down. Fir pitch has for eons been used for an innumerable variety of uses but was usurped by the manufacturing industry. No point just burning it in the firepit, at least not what I can collect.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/heater-pdc-attempted-rest-treadmill-move-fir-pitch-collecting-monday?ref=flemingfarm


Batch 95 is in the #Freezedryer now. The bunching onions tops all sliced take up a lot of space but do press down to fit the shelves. We use slices of oven liner over the top so the food doesn't touch the heater beneath the shelf above. Shouldn't take too long so I hope to get another batch started soon after the machine defrosts from this one.

#homesteading #foodstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/pain-day-utd-coop-controller-fan-freshening-nfl-bees-fireplace-freeze-dryer-batch-95-started-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


Deer will, most rodents, maybe the wandering goat?. Always good to cover young tree trunks with wraps or even loose pvc if pests have access. You could treat it like a grafting point and wrap the damaged areas.


Oopfh this stump is a pain in the ass. Huge, old, and now partially removed. I have had to chunk it out since it is a foot wider than the length of my saw bar. I took the tree down 5 years ago and am now finally removing the rest. Talk about a sore back though... The amount of sawing I did on the stump was easily as much as the entire tree  I cut up and brought home.  Now I have sharped ALL my chains so I can get the rest removed.

#homesteading #farming #diy #chainsaw #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/the-day-of-the-stump-removal-project-so-sore-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


WORST!!!! #UFC REF EVVVVVEEEERRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!


UFC 307 is such bullshit! Shitty refs, horrible judges.... Welcome to SLC! #garbage


CARLA WON THAT BOUT!!!!! Long live the Queen of straw weight women's #UFC!


Holy balls! That was quite the few days out in the forest getting #firewood, #camping, #hiking, #caving, and #exploring with my oldest best friend. We dove into some amazing caves in the bottom of the canyon, found more rocks, cleared trails, then cut loads of firewood. Yesterday dawned red so I knew it was time to cut wood and head for home. I drove home into a solid rain storm but it stopped early enough for me to get the truck unloaded.

While splitting wood J found and incredible pair of spiders squished in the wood. The pic is towards the bottom of the slew of pics. No telling how old they are.

#homesteading #diystr #farming #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/camping-exploring-caving-hiking-firewood-cutting-rain-the-haul-home-wednesday-thru-friday-picture-dump?ref=flemingfarm


After my chiro appointment yesterday which really helped my soreness I got the yard cleaned up around the wood cover. With the load of wood I will be bringing home this weekend I needed it cleared and ready. I've had the images in my head of the wood cover for over a decade but never took the time to build it so to have it coming together like this and looking as good as it does makes me quite pleased.

Before bed I had a frog vistor next to my computer that must have come in with the house plants from the greenhouse. It is now in the basement where it will have water, bugs, and stay consistent temperature as long as it hangs out down there.

#homesteading #farming #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/vivo-stick-chiro-yard-clearing-post-fire-staging-grilling-frog-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


There ARE the mines of Sibelco there but aren't likely the sole suppliers for the world. Looks like the 19E might be open to the west.


It's the end of the growing season for sure with the freezing temps setting in more now. I got a bunch of smaller tasks done over the day and mid afternoon popped open the bee hive to find they had not moved into the upper super. I pulled it and put it in storage after the bees had moved back in the hive. I hoping the 2 full supers will be enough for them for winter.

#homesteading #farming #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/swap-gear-prep-lights-installs-bees-cleanup-needles-ties-hawks-180-monday?ref=flemingfarm


soft e


Quite the day yesterday preparing for the frost. It's 29F now and I got a bunch harvested to save it. The last of the summer squash, all the basil, beets,  Walla Walla onions, bunching onions, and cucumbers. I'm hoping the heat lamp did enough in the greenhouse to keep it warm enough.

#homesteading #farming #gardening #foodstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/prefreeze-mega-harvest-day-utd-pdc-house-plants-wind-storm-plant-pulling-row-covers-hike-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


I'm going to have a few more hard neck than soft this year but I know they should all do well on my farm given I got them from a place north of us. The Inchelium was discovered on the Colville reservation about 40 miles due west of our farm, I love having a true local type growing.


I'm super excited to grow so many and likely will get more next year. The Snow Valley farm grows 28 different and I will have 13 this year.


#manutd don't deserve to play in Old Trafford. Talk about an absolute waste of space and money. And they think they can win in 28? #losers #EPL #laughingstock


That was one of the most slow 2 hours long awful lines EVER! BUT it was for #GARLIC! We went to the "Taste of Garlic" festival at the Snow Valley Garlic farm in Priest River Idaho yesterday and I came home with 6 new types to plant. By then end of October I will have 13 varieties in the ground. Next time we will pre-order so no waiting in line...

While I waited in line a feeble old woman on oxygen died near the east end of the vendors but was brought back and life flight landed and took her most likely to Spokane. We got the full run down as the woman in line in front of us was a paramedic and went to try and help.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-winter-squash-snow-valley-garlic-farm-festival-life-flight-slowest-line-ever-garlic-haul-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


After my predawn grain run yesterday I had the "pleasure" of an uncomfortable conversation with our youngest's principal... Lessons are being learned.

Not long later I got an amazing encounter with my resident Kestrel as it landed on a mouse about 15 feet from me then sat on the fence to let me get pictures of it before flying off. Birds of prey are all so awesome!

The wood storage area is really coming together now. It looks badass at night with the lighting and will look even better once I get everything cleared out in front of it. The butcher equipment has its place now as do the axes and mauls. The cardboard section got filled but now it's not piled everywhere.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/grain-run-trouble-kestrel-pdc-wood-storage-construction-grilling-friday?ref=flemingfarm


The greenhouse got a stick through it from the wind storm but that was the worst damage I could find yesterday. I got the wood cover roof on and fixed in place, the last bits to do on the cover are on the tree end by the gear shed. It was nice and bright last night with the lights on and will be so much nicer this Winter. Still more work to do on the structure but it can rain now all it wants.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #construction #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/storm-damage-harvests-the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-finished-trailer-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


Almost like there is a group protecting their own at all costs....


Yeah it's a mosquito repellant


The wood cover roof is almost fully framed. It was a long process to gather all the 2x4s from around the farm and I still need a few more to finish it off. I've only used 4 new boards so far and am trying to use up all the scrap and reclaimed wood littering the farm that I can.

Solid round of thunderstorms rolled through in the afternoon and with a big gust front knocked out the power for the evening.  Thankfully we have natural gas so were still able to cook dinner. The farm is covered in tree debris now.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain #stormstr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/appt-harvest-wood-cover-roof-build-utd-thunder-lightning-wind-rain-power-out-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


Oh… wow… https://fluoridealert.org/content/we-won-federal-court-rules-that-fluoridation-chemicals-pose-an-unreasonable-risk-to-health/


Rather proud of myself for the problem solving yesterday. I had to figure out a way to set the rear posts at the right depth and after a bit of rummaging I made a tool that worked perfectly. It was nifty how strong the structure became as the bracing went up. I'm getting to use up a ton of the old scrap wood I have floating around the farm and a bunch will be lining the back side. Hopefully today I get the roof built and installed.

#homesteading #diy #farming #construction #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/moths-harvests-wood-cover-build-continues-used-wood-amazon-lotto-miner-spider-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


I took down all the amaranth flowers/seed heads yesterday and ended up with a nice amount of seeds which I'm saving while the tub of heads got spread ALL around the farm. I really hope to have a forest of the stuff growing each year.

The wood cover build has begun and I got the front wall up. The post holes weren't too bad to dig but half of the rear ones I am not looking forward to with all the roots I'll have to get through. It's coming together pretty well though and today I will keep at it to hopefully have the structure in and locked solid.

#Homesteading #farming #diystr #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-garbage-ties-amaranth-harvest-and-spreading-snake-tom-wood-cover-build-begins-monday?ref=flemingfarm


28 days into trying to generate this damned npub and still going. Lol, diff est 1099511627776 and here I am at 227697473089 keys tried... It's doing 100k keys/s but damn this is crazy how long an 8 digit takes.

#nostrgen #npub #wastingtime


First half of the winter squash got picked yesterday and we had one of the acorn squash for dinner. 5 pounds each is  really nice size and enough for 2 meals for the 4 of us. I got a bunch of lights swapped out for the LED shop lights and what a difference it makes. Winter will be a good bit nicer with the increase in light. Now I get to cleanup the mess the freezes left me.

#homesteading #farming #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/winter-squash-harvests-kitchen-lights-plpdcnflnhl-studio-lights-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


Control the narrative


My greenhouse is still doing fine and normally we get until early October but this year we got a surprise.


NE Washington state. This is not unheard of to have a freeze this early for us.


Well, Fall fell like a brick on the garden. Hit freezing overnight and thwacked the plants. Since I am not selling this year it isn't a massive blow like prior years. I'm sure there will still be a bit of growth from them but likely the end of the road for most of the squash plants. We are looking at a warm up again so eveything frozen will be mush soon.

I have my #mesh radio back working and mounted on the antenna mast. I'm still trying to learn how to utilize the mesh best but as of now both radios work. I was REALLY happy to FINALLY figure out the CLI to change the damned timezone since it isn't in the web gui.

#homesteading #farming #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain #grownostr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/first-freeze-utd-pdc-mesh-radios-wood-cover-dragonfly-relics-toms-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


Wow, the surgery REALLY helped MVG so he is not talking like elephant man now. I could fully understand every word he said for once. Insane 9 dart opener too! #PDC #Darts


Holy crap was that a pain in the ass to finally set the time zone on my Heltec v3 mesh radio. The web interface has no options to change so had to go CLI route.

#mesh #meshtastic
 https://nostpic.com/media/80bfd70e77ad84c01489e650c089ee81ef4111d9ed66a6d4498d9ad8a0abccdc/3bccb85fca4e2dbb388d546767ff09d374cf5707a892089a687ab0e800180587.webp


Exactly. The fire should kill most of the weed seeds then the tilling will get the ash mixed in well for the nutrients and break up any roots that might still be alive.


Fire always seems to be a good method of ground clearing.


After my work around the farm yesterday we went to the school for the #wormcharming event. It's called worm grunting, charming, calling, etc. I brought a tub of tools to try as we had no idea what would work best. Evening time is probably not the best time to try and coax worms up but it was a fun time none the less. I met one of the teachers who is  a rock climber as is her husband and son so I have a contact now for potentially climbing new areas.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-more-shoveling-pdc-tom-hunt-gardens-teardown-school-worm-charming-hunt-sunset-friday?ref=flemingfarm


Well, that was a wild day yesterday. After the morning of tasks and pulling a fir tree down I was in the house for a short break when the dog came in with quills sticking out of his snout. I was really proud of him for letting me yank them all out with pliers. Our last dog got a mouth full and had to be knocked out to remove them, so this was far better. I dispatched the porcupine and the #dog is seeming just fine.

#homesteading #farmstr #countryliving #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-tools-seeds-shoveling-tree-down-porcupine-incident-chainsaw-tree-grilling-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


Do both? I do.


eggplant bisque?


YAY ME! Got my damn S9 running again. Seriously annoying having to use an 8gb card to upgrade the firmware, every card I have is 16+. So after getting the new 8gb cards I got the firmware upgraded and the thing is back hashing now. Now I'm ready for heating the greenhouse again this winter with it.

#btc #mining


Ended up finding the perfect pieces to make my decompression rack yesterday. The 4" posts are the right size for the supports that go under the arms and with some padding they aren't too uncomfortable for the time I am on them. Using my safety belt, carabiners, bags weighted with railroad spikes and the rack I am able to decompress my spine at anytime. Even just body weight helps my spine and hip pain. I will probably need to find somewhere inside to mount it for winter as the cold wouldn't allow for relaxing into the hang.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #selfcare #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvest-cover-grunting-tools-decompression-rack-build-wood-cover-tom-turkey-retrieval-spider-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


Damn I lost the Lemon Party meme in one of the many hd crashes, it would be perfect here


♫ LIFE IS A CYCLE, I'M GONNA RIDE IT ALL LIFE LONG!♫


As Fall approaches the gardens are prooducing less but the harvests are pretty consistent considering (which makes partial sense...). I had a pair of appointments mid day yesterday which took me off the farm for a while. I have new tires on the scooter now which makes a huge difference, found myself some cbg carts at one of the local shops, gathered some of the parts for the decompression setup I am building, and moved a stack of tires from the yard, all amongst a litany of smaller tasks.

All I can say is muscle relaxers are THE SHIT!

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain #grownostr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-appointments-scooter-tires-cart-tires-designing-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


Nothin like a chonky bee butt


The garlic garden is now tilled so the grain is incorporated, I just need to get the plastic over it to use the remaining heat of summer to bake the grasses still trying to grow. Our two toms decided to go walk about again and had to be retrieved, to their seeming chagrin.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvest-plastic-garlic-garden-tilling-tom-turkeys-retrieval-scooter-build-darts-monday?ref=flemingfarm


can check

https://www.ntotank.com/

They have mfg plants around the country


Only Faruq I know of is the intro announcer from Battlebots


TWIST before the bubble hits the bend!!! #Beerfest


After getting the harvests done yesterday, watching Littler win the PDC title, and the Seahawks eek out a win we all headed to the Spokane County Fair. The boys are 7 and 10 but they seem to have become disenchanted with the amusement area now they see the return with the insane prices for everything.  Any "game" costs $5...

The destruction #derby was the reason we went and it didn't disappoint. The powder puff derby had the women hitting really hard and the fire  department ended up having to use the jaws of life to cut the door open on one. She luckily was okay and walked away. Such fun watching and feeling the roar and crunches of the derby.

#homesteading #farmstr #fairstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-pdc-nfl-sunflower-harvest-spokane-county-fair-destruction-derbies-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


I do but it's not as bright. Pics aren't doing it justice


The upper garden is now no more. It was time to remove it and bring all the materials back down to the farm. It was a good run which saw a couple tons of produce come out of the 20x80 area with 100 growing spots. Largely the pumpkin patch it gave me some good years of production.

Went to try and fly but the winds were just all wrong. Tested the scooter and it mostly worked, just needs better climbing torque. The sudden flight over the handlebars and subsequent impact with the ground were a bit rough of a way to finish the test but the blood soon stopped.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/rain-pdc-harvests-garden-removal-attempted-flight-scooter-test-ufc-waders-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


I've taken to audiobooks far more than reading as I can still work while listening. I may not get as much of the content as if I was reading but it is far more than not. But I generally am listening to non-fiction, like your book.


The upper garden grew more grasses and weeds than produce. It's my own fault for not weeding early but hey, at least the sheep get hay. It was a battle to get it all to fit in my truck but the sheep and alpaca were deleriously happy at the mass piles suddenly dumped in their pen. The itch the grass caused was awful and I had to deal with it quick but it mellowed after the Benadryl. I will be tearing the garden dowwn fully so I can use the posts for the wood cover.

#homesteading #farmstr #itchstr #gardening #peakd #hive #dailyblog #plebchain #grownostr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-the-crew-upper-garden-tear-down-insanity-the-itch-pdc-co-op-corn-controller-friday?ref=flemingfarm


Thankfully they are all mellow birds so didn't fight too much. The hardest part was mashing through the brush with them.


After spending my morning yesterday getting my scooter working great, essentially resurrecting a 15 year old machine, I got more cleanup done around the farm. It was late in the afternoon when the real work happened. 5 of our turkeys had gotten "lost" across the creek for a month or so and it was finally time to bring them home. WHAT A SHIT SHOW, literally for J... But they are back and they slept in the coop again last night.  Shit head birds.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #asshatbirds #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain #grownostr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-scooter-works-tree-cleanup-the-great-lost-turkey-roundup-sore-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


Well, I didn't know that it was so easy to cheat slot machines...

https://www.khq.com/news/spokane-man-arrested-for-cheating-at-casino-with-massage-gun/article_eb0d1e58-70cf-11ef-8745-5fb13c38c16b.html


I was looking at the trunks of the lilacs that I cut down yesterday but couldn't see clear rings like trees to determine how old they are. I'm guessing in the 50+ year range but they had not been properly tended to in a LONG time. So much dead, dying, too tall, too thin, too sparse, and not enough new growth from the bases. I'm hoping the thinning will help them with a bit of a reset.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #countryliving #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain #grownostr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/no-rain-harvests-wood-pile-the-lilac-culling-crazy-cauliflower-chickens-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


Not just in SF...
https://www.krem.com/article/life/food/zona-blanca-ceviche-bar-closing-downtown-spokane-chad-white/293-2c18b01b-28ee-4e29-b5c5-763605eb0e50


$$$, of course it's an inside job EVERY SINGLE TIME. At this point it feels like the world is a honey pot.


Quite the day yesterday. Moved a ton of crap lumber around the farm and got the good lumber to the storage area and nicely organized. As I was loading the good lumber I had laid on the fire pit I found this bat between the boards. Only the 2nd bat I can ever remember catching.  Got to show the boys before the little guy flew off out into the creek area where I hope it devours 100x its weight in bugs.

#homesteading #farmstr #batstr #spiderstr #foodstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/smaller-harvest-spider-plant-moving-lumber-around-farm-gate-spider-caught-a-bat-freeze-dryer-batch-94-finished-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


Tap my shoulder when the fire and brimstone start falling. This shit is just too stupid to watch anymore.

#politics #socialissues #GenerationBLAH #WenNukes #WenApocalypse
 https://nostpic.com/media/80bfd70e77ad84c01489e650c089ee81ef4111d9ed66a6d4498d9ad8a0abccdc/3426c349504d73286d5e75953257bc84a142d8eb5ee18c1e37316d2f1fdf146d.webp


Lol There's "other" social media? Shame on you for slumming, but no point beating oneself up over it, we've all had our weak points.


bread and circus?


Most of my day yesterday was spent working on the scooter build. I am rather pleased with how it has come out so far and once the new sprocket arrives it should work right. I may end up having to find a more solid hinge but for now this seems like it will work.

Today I get to work on cleanup around the farm as we have rain inbound tomorrow and I have stuff scattered everywhere around here. Late summer is always the rush to get shit done and then make sure the farm is ready for winter.... "WINTER'S COMING!"

#diystr #farmstr #homesteading #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain #grownostr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-attempted-to-rest-scooter-build-branches-amaranth-monday?ref=flemingfarm


What should be the default of a fresh Amethyst install?

1. Tor enabled for relays, but clearnet for all videos, images etc (since they are slow)

2. Tor enabled for everything, user can disable

3. Tor disabled for everything, user can enable


Proof that edging is the key. It's not just for atoms it can also "MAKE YOU POWAFUL!!!" Lol!

#science #tesla #crazybecomesreality

https://www.iflscience.com/atoms-captured-in-rare-hidden-edge-state-could-help-power-lossless-energy-transmission-75865


Yesterday morning I got some help shoveling the dirt back into the shed which brought the level up enough so I was able to rake it out well. The shelving is all scavenged wood and wow does it make a difference now. I loaded all the stuff back in and there is vastly more available space with the real organization now. There is still work to do on the shed but the gear is all safe, organized, and dry.

The scooter is going to be badass with the 1kw motor. Only thing is I need 1kwh of battery to run the motor for an hour... The wheels on the scooter are small so the 3000 rpm will not amount to super speed but it will be quick with super torque.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-spiders-shoveling-raking-shelving-pdc-nfl-gear-shed-refill-scooter-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


I've been picking up spent brewer's grain for well over a decade now and this is the first time I've had someone passed out right next to the barrels. Downtown it was a constant homeless prescence but not nearly so at the north brewery. He moved enough I could tell he wasn't dead so I just loaded the grain and drove off.

I had to setup my other bed liner since it was the last trip for my old one with it being to flimsy now. The new setup is pretty slick and it will give me more room for grain and will be locked down solid on the trailer.

#homesteading  #farmstr #diystr #gardening #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/a-grain-run-first-unloading-harvests-new-bedliner-setup-pdc-shed-work-spiders-grilling-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


It is taking me time to get the shed done but by myself I am needing to pace myself so I don't get too beat up by the effort. The puzzle that is the refurbishing is fun but damn is my back sore. I managed to get the shed level in all 4 directions now but still need to deal with the end walls. The shed must be as old as the original house which is 98 years old now so I am pretty amazed the shed has lasted as long as it has.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-barn-spiders-more-shoveling-door-knob-pdc-wheelbarrow-tire-level-shed-scooter-trailer-friday?ref=flemingfarm


It is a bit of playing with fire but Lynch is big on privacy and the deepest of the tests we have found so far. There may be others but we haven't looked beyond Stratagene since it was rather comprehensive.


#PSA #Nostr

Every single one of you needs to get a test done to understand your personal #epigenetics, at least to the extent available now. I am a walking talking real life example of the benefits of the information gained from the results of my tests. The one linked is the best I have found so far.

I have issues in my dopamine pathway which had been getting worse and worse over the recent years and I can see the cycles I have gone through my whole life. My head space getting darker, angry, frustrated, and completely introverted. Lashing out at my family, maintaining few friends, chronic sleep problems, eczema flares, and many more problems stemmed from the deficiency.

I have now been taking modafanil in 50mg to 100mg doses for a month and it has changed my life. It is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor which gives me more of the dopamine in my head to work with instead of just flushing it through. I don't need the serotonin like I do the dopamine. My sleep was so bad I was getting 6ish hours and absolutley unable to go back to sleep in the mornings. Now I am sleeping 8 hours and able to fall alseep after waking at 5am. My interactions with my family is FAR more gentle and metered, I'm not as mean to them since I'm not feeling "sick" without knowing the reason.

My mental health was not good. Not a "crisis" level by any means but an absolute issue that was effecting my life and those around me. I have truly raised the bar, raised the lowest level I feel by a dramatic amount. #Modafanil is used "off label" for ADHD as a maintenance level dosage and holy wow does it work for me  in exactly the way I need.

Please, everyone dig into your genes and hormones, it can change your life.

#health #selfcare #mentalhealth #genetics #hormones

https://strategene.me/about-strategene/


I live in mine all year except for winter and have never been to a faire and am a tiny sliver Scottish. The ripstop material is super useful being around the farm.


Neither. Utility Kilts are the way
https://utkilts.com/collections/utility-kilt


I can't help myself from beating myself up these days. I just have shit to do and need it done before winter gets here. After running the magnet through the dirt of the shed I got to shoveling it out. I managed to get it lifted to past level to ease the shoveling a bit but still have oodles of dirt left to move.  The fan helped with the dust for the most part but the heat of the afternoon whooped me and chased me out. I will get back at it this morning while it is cooler.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #gardening #spiderstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain #grownostr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-magneting-fan-so-much-shoveling-wasps-barn-spiders-shed-lift-amaranth-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


where is it?


I want to paraglide that!


Not sure. I hooked up my disc cone to it and it now is dead, won't boot, load, accept a connection.


I bricked one of my two heltecs with a big antenna on it so need another set so I can play again.


I had the PC at home and then in 5th grade we learned basic on on Commodores... I had EGA at home at that point... I mean come on... monochrome?!


The paddle games were an interesting step in home gaming but once the Atari hit the consoles were it.

I see Usenet is still around but it feels more like the darknet at this point.


What's your #digital #lineage #Nostr?

My origin is the wired dual paddle pong game and the handheld dot matrix racing games of the early 1980s.
It was then the ancient humungous stand alone word processor that I wrote my first poems on after I played my Atari 2600
Then my PC era began with an IBM 286-8 running DOS 3.1 in 1987
Grew up with the Williams of Sierra Online origin, played all their games, stayed over at their house, eventually worked in the warehouse
BBS systems were first online interactions and gaming
AOL chat, ICQ, Usenet, Myspace
Cellphone era explodes
The PC upgrades continued regularly through P3
Intel Cores arrive and upgrades continue forever
Twitter
Gave in to a FB acct
Steem
killed Twitter and FB accts
Steem became Hive
Gab, killed Gab acct
Nostr

I'm sure this isn't everything as SO MANY sites came and went that I used a few times, which is why it doesn't matter they aren't on the list.


After getting the 1kw motor ordered yesterday morning I went out and tore down my old gas scooter to prepare it for the electric conversion. This will be my transport between launch and landing sites while #paragliding and will have more than enough torque to get me up the hills with likely about 4 or 5 hours of ride time possible.

The shed is empty and the old rabbit cages removed. Such a dirty mess and I am now to the unfortunate stage of having to shovel more dirt. The inside needs a foot of dirt removed before I can lift the building into level. My back is already sore and hurts even more just thinking of what lays ahead of me.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #sorestr #grownostr #peakd #hive #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvest-motor-scooter-teardown-dentist-coop-finished-emptying-shed-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


Farming, but "making money" is VERY subjective and it more comes down to saving money.


It took a while yesterday to gather all the various pieces of OSB and haul them to the yard but I got the wall installed on the shed and have it covered in Tyvek. Ran the power as it got to evening so I gained lights inside once more. It has been a bit like lipstick on a turd but for an 80ish year old shed one can't expect too much. I have to finish emptying it so I can lift the rest of it to bring it to level all around.

#Homesteading #diystr #farmstr #gardening #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-chiro-finding-wood-finish-shed-wall-power-js-door-issue-spider-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


Finally fixing my Dopamine levels


For Labor day I labored at building the shed wall. It eventually managed to come along okay and I got the window installed before calling it a day yesterday. In making the wall level I ended up with the shed leaning perpendicular to the wall... The eventuality is that I will empty the shed and raise the back side so the entire thing is leveled out. For now though I want this wall finished.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/labor-day-harvests-ifs-day-spent-building-shed-wall-monday?ref=flemingfarm


Torrents *Free*


The fast method is #SSS


God damnit! Another piece of local history has gone up in smoke. 1939-2024 RIP Wolf Lodge #BESTSTEAKSEVER

https://cdapress.com/news/2024/sep/02/fire-breaks-out-at-wolf-lodge-inn-in-coeur-dalene/


For starters, Man Utd are worse than the under 8 teams my boys have played on... Just plain horrendous.

While that shit show was going on yesterday morning we got the hot tub cleaned, emptied, and filled. The idea was good for the spinning jets but the reality of them is garbage as all 13 spinners are broken. The nubs on the balls all sheared off so this week we will see about replacements.

My big barn spider surprised me in the coop then I found the super cool looking black wasp in the greenhouse. It was rather chill and didn't seem to afraid of me.

Our afternoon was spent with other families at the park where the kids all had a blast in the river.

#homesteading #farmstr #bugstr #diystr #grownostr #peakd #hive #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/pdc-utd-hot-tub-drain-fill-harvests-spider-wasp-elk-park-get-together-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


Yep. I normally spread over the gardens in winter and till in spring but for my garlic garden I need it prepped for October.


Lol! #ManUtd are such shit. Casemiro needs to retire,  NOW!


#ManUtd SUCKS!!!!!!!!


The garlic garden is now well covered in grain and just needs a really good tilling. I'm hoping this will be a good bed for the garlic to grow in over winter but this year I will need to cover with something other than pine needles as it would take way too many to cover the rows.

The sheep got their new bale moved in and I got the cage rebuilt since they had nearly destroyed it. I then got a closer look at the garden shed roof and found the mess of work I have ahead of me to get it cleaned off.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #diystr #hive #grownostr #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/huge-grain-run-then-spreading-harvests-wasps-pdc-hay-bale-and-cage-roof-roots-grilling-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


Hello #Nostr

After my time in the greenhouse yesterday morning I did a bunch of hacking and slahing on the lilacs that have been waning over the recent years. There is still a lot more to take out but it will be a long process. I picked up the pallet of salt that will last us over a year and the boys helped me unload them. With the ridiculously high iron content in our water we go through a lot of salt and have to have plenty on hand.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #gardening #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-trimming-tying-shed-pdc-lilacs-pallet-o-salt-trailer-fire-grilling-dead-fred-friday?ref=flemingfarm


Morning #nostr

Outstanding day yesterday as I got to fly off Quartzite mountain and then fly in front of the rock faces I have been wanting to climb for 25 years. I am the first of our club to make the flight and am super anxious for more. The .84 mile hike climbs 700 ft from the parking to the launch and is a solid workout. Afterwards went to Inkler's and got in a short flight before heading for home.

#paragliding #homesteading #flight #hiking #flystr #farmstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-135083/@flemingfarm/harvests-hike-then-first-paragliding-flight-off-quartzite-flight-at-inklers-flying-ants-shed-fire-grilling-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


Sore morning #Nostr

With the first day of school it meant I am back to my new normal schedule and am able to better focus on projects through the day. The gear shed is the focus for now and it has been in serious need of a LOT of TLC. So often in life it is easy to ignore things as they continue to get worse or degrade so as my mental health improves I am finding it harder to ignore them. This is a good thing for sure but HOLY SHIT am I sore from all the dirt moving. About 2 cu yds moved and at least as much more to move.

Today I take a break and go for a hike and fly in Chewelah.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #gardening #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/first-day-school-harvests-shed-wall-excavation-lifting-and-supporting-stump-removal-soreness-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


Morning #nostr

The #sunrise yesterday showed the incoming storm in its colors as I was getting grain at dawn. Spread the grain over the garlic garden and emptied the rest to the sheep before the rains hit. Got a solid 25 pounds of green beans harvested after the plants dried a bit. Moved fences and the yard light strings but still have to finish fixing them down today.

Both boys had school open houses and they are both anxious to get back. I'm anxious to have my days back and now my afternoons won't be broken up by picking them up at school.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #gardening #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain #spiders

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/predawn-grain-run-cover-garlic-garden-harvests-rain-beans-spiders-fence-and-lights-schools-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


#freepavel #1984
https://nostpic.com/media/80bfd70e77ad84c01489e650c089ee81ef4111d9ed66a6d4498d9ad8a0abccdc/a94ebd79dc9a6a118fb8786f95825c248362d7f8cbeeef61f12219c566ef68e6.webp


Hallo #nostr

I was able to get it done in a few hours yesterday. The dividers got broken apart into the sheets then I got them all installed on the roof. I've been wanting to put metal on the roof for years but didn't want to spend the money, so this has been a true bounty to have laying behind the coop. I've had the office dividers for many years after finding them for free, I even made the cooler with some, so I am really getting as much out of them as I can.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #recycling #reusing #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/small-harvests-hike-feathers-breaking-and-reusing-roofing-gear-shed-trailer-sore-monday?ref=flemingfarm


US, but less than 100 miles from the border. We are by Spokane.


US, but 100 miles from the border. We are by Spokane.


It's pretty crazy to see and how little the general populace knows about it all, in both the US and Canada.


Hallo #Nostr

Yesterday morning we went to the Nikkei Internment Memorial center in New Denver BC Canada, the only such memorial in Canada. HOLY SHIT! The psychosis of war has been a problem for humans for eternity it appears. This is the history that REALLY MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN, lest it happens again! Like almost happened during covid...

It's nice being back on the farm and my mental health is much better now so I can reintegrate to the farm easily and mellowly. The change from travel to home used to be a serious problem for me so this calm feels much better.

#homesteading #farmstr #travelin #memorial #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/sunrise-nikkei-internment-memorial-slocan-lake-lunch-back-home-harvests-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


Notice how so many "fictional" movies come true in a large sense? Pre-cogs are the next gen AI and we are the test dummies in the next 5 years.


Marshmallow soft people can't handle "words"... What has this world devolved to? Well a bunch of men who are trying to be women, women trying to be men, and others trying to be dogs cats rabbits what the fuck else and thinking that words actually cause wounds. Disgusting bunch of weak excuses for humans who will be the first to go in a survival situation that is likely to be created soon.

OH SHIT!! Sorry... WRONG MEETING!


Mellow morning #nostr

Halcyon Hotspring in BC Canada is super nice. I feel like it is one of the better quality ones in the region, some are pretty minimal all the way up to full resorts. For the resort style Halcyon is super slick. Not the biggest of places but it sits right on the edge of the lake and has really awesome water. I really wish the hot springs weren't all a minimum of 5 hours from home.

#hotspring #grownostr #soakstr #travelin #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-148441/@flemingfarm/rain-nakusp-walk-halcyon-hot-springs-soaking-food-odins-pool-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


GM #Nostr

Quite the day yesterday. We stopped at the Glass Bottle House which I have wanted to see for 2 decades. Super amazing structure built from embalming fluid bottles. Then we rode the longest free ferry across Kootenay lake before stopping in Kaslo for lunch. The last drive took us to New Denver on Arrow Lake where we are staying in the Adventure Domes. It dumped last night when the thunderstorms came through but it was needed to help quench fires.

Today we go to the hot springs.

#travel #grownostr #canada #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-148441/@flemingfarm/glass-bottle-house-crawford-bay-free-ferry-kaslo-adventure-domes-new-denver-thunder-storms-friday-photo-dump?ref=flemingfarm


Oooo Canada. It is really quite amazing the differences. I find it absurd that the US is so anal about people running businesses out of their homes. All over BC I see homes as businesses and store fronts and restaurants. All these little towns and small cities look sooo much different yet so much the same.

The forests are super lush still despite being hte end of summer. They would probably say it is parched but that is what our farm looks like, this is still rain forest feeling. Not sure where we will head today which is part of the fun.

#homesteading #farmstr #travel #adventure #grownostr #hive #peakd dialyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-duckling-ifs-on-the-road-border-crossing-creston-bc-forest-brewery-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


GM #Nostr

Sometimes neglect can lead to useful outcomes. I had left the office dividers outside for years and the weather had done a good job of dissolving the glue holding them together. The dividers have a metal sheet backed by light wood on each side and they are perfect for paneling for the patio to keep the rain from splashing inside. I have enough panels left that I am going to use them to roof my gear shed next week.

#homesteading #diystr #farmstr #pow #grownostr #hive #peakd #daliyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-waters-scavenging-recycling-reusing-scraping-panel-install-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


Morning #Nostr

Got the new metal detector in the morning yesterday and the boys spent much of the day roaming the yard. They found a relic pretty quickly, an old gaming token from the 20s/30s which makes sense as our cabin had been a bar for a few years around the 50s.

In the evening we found that we have had only our 2nd duck ever  to hatch. I thought our male was sterile all this time but he managed to actually make it happen. Will see here soon if we have more or if it made it through the night.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #metaldetecting #duckstr #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-spider-chiro-yard-clearing-metal-detector-relic-amaranth-huge-beetle-duckling-freeze-dryer-batch-93-done-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


Holy shit I forgot Liam was in that!


krull


cuz Goonies never say die


GM #Nostr

Hiked up the hill yesterday morning and took care of the old den. I was surprised how far back it went but I caved it all in so there is no way for them to redig it. I've been keeping on the tree trimming, cutting back the branches that are lower to reduce fire danger. Thankfully it is a one time job as the branches don't grow back.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #foodstr #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-hike-den-destruction-sprouts-tree-trimming-trouble-code-clean-patio-monday?ref=flemingfarm


Mornin #Nostr

Found that I DID have a pretty big coyote come investigate one of the traps I set. I am a bit concerned about the traps though as a rabbit seemed to be all over it and never set it off.

Went to try and paraglide but the wind was just too damned strong. Did get to say goodbye to  Cosmo who is moving to Alaska so that was good at least. Also found out about Mt Thompson by Creston which I am going to hopefully fly on Thrusday afternoon.

#Homesteading #farmstr #gardening #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-hike-coyote-too-windy-to-fly-hgac-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


Hallo #Nostr

Went up the hill to pull the traps and cams yesterday morning and found one had been tripped. Turns out a squirrel got one hell of a fright but managed to survive. Still no coyote signs so I will close up the holes under the fence and pull the traps this morning.

Heading up to go #paragliding today after a bit too long of a break.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #foodstr #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-hike-traps-sportsing-tortillas-ufc-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


The "look at you, aren't you cute, where's your mommy?" division?


Pepe The Hut! #Spaceballs


Make trebuchets great again!


Mornin #nostr

After the rains yesterday the day was nice and cool compared to the recent days. On my hike of the hill I found another old den that looks to not be currently in use but I will go check it out with my camera and a light today. I got a nice pile of carrots pulled from their row and still have a good number left growing.  In a shocker Man Utd actually won...

Ordered the boys a Garret metal detector after seeing how much they love the cheapo one they have. This will be a huge step up fromtheirs and even from the detector I had some years ago. The new models have way better circuitry and detection capabilities.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #foodstr #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/rain-harvests-hike-hill-den-code-trimming-tying-man-utd-detector-chains-shoes-friday?ref=flemingfarm


buncha whipper snappers... I still have my Atari  2600 and NES. Though we also had a 286-10 cga when they were new.


Damp morning #Nostr

Busy day yesterday. After the harvests and tree trimming I spent much of my day working on refurbishing the old metal desk. I got the rust mostly all brushed off then a good coat of paint over it. The top is on and it sat outside under cover overnight to let the fumes lessen. We will move it into his room today.

The rain last night and into this morning is quite nice and hopefully won't make for a sticky nasty humid day today.

#homesteading #farmstr #diystr #gardening #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-trimming-refurbished-old-desk-soldering-tree-climbing-rain-apple-tree-grilling-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


Totally! The mouse ball is just a ball bearing coated in rubber so when the rubber came off it was just a metal slug winging through the air. Finding them was the hard part after a shot.


Mouse balls made wonderful ammo for pelting others with as a kid. I made a sling, (David and Goliath type) and managed to blow up beer bottles with them. My parents were pissed at the glass shards so I had to aim at cans. I got a number of massive welts from getting hit by them.


I have yet to get one and haven't been hearing them in the evenings so I'm hoping they moved on. I'm giving it another couple days then will pull traps and close up their paths under the fence.


Ugg, the team is filled with mediocre players, the new coach won't do much to change that.


Oiy #Nostr

It's seeming more likely that what got our birds last was raccoons and not coyotes as the neighbors got hit too but saw the coons. Still keeping the traps set up the hill for a while. As the boys and I loaded rocks into the trailer I found a pair of blue tailed skinks which went back to the bushes. We got the rocks all moved to the wall and had to push the birds back onto the farm.

In the evening J was riding his bike and saw a hen with 5 fresh chicks roaming around by the driveway. We went out and after a bit of work managed to get them and her and into the brooder hut where they can be safe.

#homesteading #farming #gardening #farmstr #foodstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain #grownostr

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-hike-hill-trailer-skinks-moving-rocks-weeds-brushing-more-chicks-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


Like any new or newish development there is the buildout phase where a bunch of that should get dealt with, hopefully. I just hate how long it takes to get to production levels.


Back to the Future's Mr. Fusion????

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-enables-biofuel-production.html


Slightly chilly morning #Nostr

Nothing in the traps yesterday so I will keep checking each morning in hopes of catching a coyote. After my hike up the hill I made my way to the lower ex-spud garden where I raked out the rows, laid out the irrigation lines, then planted 125 spots of carrots. They should have just enough time before the hard freezes hit to get big enough.

The shredded potatoes came out of the #freezedryer amazing! Super way to process the spuds and they will keep for a long ass time this way. I have to mylar bag the shreds today so they don't rehydrate.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #foodstr #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/picking-planting-carrots-barrels-tree-trimming-basil-freeze-dryer-batch-92-finished-grilling-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


StIlts denote predators...No water shown nearby.


such break, such wow.

The insane self confidence she goes on with is astonishing. She has to know how awful she is and this is all just a long game gag. On her death bed she will weakly wheeze out with her last breath "got ya".


#Nostr article on Reason by Alex Gladstein
https://reason.com/2024/08/13/can-nostr-make-twitters-dreams-come-true/


Hallo #Nostr

Took the traps and cams up to the upper pen yesterday and got them setup in the entry points with cams watching them. There was more apparent activity overnight when I went up to set so I am pretty sure they are still active, which I hope to have caught at least one likely coyote. The cams will help id it if it isn't in the trap.

I highly recommend watching Joe Rogan's new special, it was seriously funny. I laughed so hard, it felt good.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #foodstr #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-coop-code-traps-and-cams-setup-branches-waters-rogan-monday?ref=flemingfarm


someone popped an earth zit


I have always despised that shit band. Realizing our aging is the nail in the coffin of our youth but also shows our awareness. Age does have some benefits to it.


That sounds awfully monopolistic


#FYI #cancer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13735387/men-masturbate-prostate-cancer-risk-major-review.html


Your reminder to look at your shit #nostr.

#Bristolstoolscale #peepyerpoo #fecalation

https://nostpic.com/media/80bfd70e77ad84c01489e650c089ee81ef4111d9ed66a6d4498d9ad8a0abccdc/eaddb3082f8d0f9cb90fc5a066eca6470a4491cc6f2bb704a94d9a2fce441576.webp


GM #Nostr

Batch 91 is now running in the freeze dryer, 5 full trays of shredded potatoes. Took about 5 pounds per tray and they made sure to blanch them first. Curious how long the cycle will take.

Got a number of things harvested, worked in the greenhouse, stuffed lettuce seeds in the soil, then found a number of coyote trails under the sheep's upper pen fence that I will be baiting and setting traps for today.

#homesteading #freezedryer #foodstr #farmstr #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-trimming-tying-cabbage-freeze-dryer-batch-91-started-lettuce-hike-varmints-grapes-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


Isn't that mandatory for all politicians? I thought that was one of the steps in selling your soul.


Nice turkey herd!


Nectar of the gods!


Cockatoos are damn funny birds. Grew up next door to a hillside full of exotic birds in cages and got to help hand raise some of the chicks. Cockatoos bond  really stong.


Freeze Dryer


need a lego roomba


Mornin #Nostr

After the early morning grain run yesterday I had to work my ass off to get to the point I could empty it all. Mowing, weeding, tilling, then finally spreading the grain. The garlic should be happy when it gets planted in October.

We got a couple really nice summer rains in the evening as a pair of cells went right overhead as we watched the Terminator movies. To this day Ed Furlong's voice is super grating throughout the entire movie.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/grain-run-harvests-mowing-weed-pulling-tilling-spread-grain-desk-rain-terminators-saturday?ref=flemingfarm


The punks win. They called it back then and here we are.


I have found the best way to ingest is to dice into tiny pieces then mix with a juice and shoot it. No taste from chewing the fucking things.


Exactly, farmers have burned the fields for eons to put the ash back in the soil.


Worst thing to happen to the health of the forests, EVER. Smokey the bear is part of why we have such massive fires today. Fire is an essential part of a healthy forest and removing it completely with nothing to replace it, well that's why we are where we are.


GOBBLES! #nostr

Yesterday I got beets harvested then stuffed Chioggia seeds back in 37 spots in each of the two rows. The is my first real attempt at a second harvest as I normally have just grown the once each summer. The raspberries are invading my greenhouse and I have some work to do to rectify the situation and prevent them from continuing. I got started on pulling the weeds in the garlic area but today I have to get it done as the trailer is loaded with grain that needs to get spread over it to prep the soil for fall planting.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #foodstr #hive #grownostr #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-coop-controller-beets-weeds-invasion-b2s-trailer-turkey-wagon-rides-friday?ref=flemingfarm


and an emu egg is laid.


HAH HAH! GO SPAIN!!! #olympics #soccer


Tis morning again #Nostr

After the dentist yesterday morning I wasn't exactly up for much the rest of the day though I did manage to get a few things done. The harvests were all on the smaller side for the day  which is fine, I'm actually growing closer to what we can use ourselves this year. I for sure have enough peas drying for seeds for next year and I need to let a couple squash get huge so I can have seeds.

#homesteading #farmstr #foodstr #gardening #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/dentist-numb-coop-door-controller-harvests-pea-shelling-limpics-thursday?ref=flemingfarm


Hallo #Nostr

Managed to get all 3 rows of pea plants pulled over the day yesterday then got all 3 rows planted again. I also stuffed spinach seeds in the greenhouse soil just to see what happens. I got 65 pounds of peas from the 3 rows so if I can get 2/3 of that again I will be happy. The coop door works again and the stupid microstep controller is the constant problem so glad I got a pair. I need to start prepping the garlic area by removing the grass and weeds before I cover it with grain I will be getting on Saturday.

#homesteading #farmstr #gardening #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-pulled-pea-plants-planted-peas-butterfly-coop-door-wednesday?ref=flemingfarm


There can't be A best but here's some "other" movies...

Hedwig and the angry inch
Nowhere
Spun
Cannibal Holocaust
Orgasmo
Any John Waters film
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert


The silly butterfly mistook the chair cushion for a flower. It lapped at the cloth without even reacting to my closeness. No clue what exactly it was tasting but it was focused and that proboscis was tap tap tapping away.

https://image.nostr.build/4210218830df7d551ff3f8a08d6da98b4a7591b601073e4d992b260827be7154.jpg


The book series is great, my boys love them and get the monthly mag.


A little planning goes a long ways. It's really very easy to do square foot gardening and can produce quite a lot. My 1/5 acre of gardens produced 5400 pounds last year and is something that is possible even on smaller suburban lots. Plastic or other type of mulch, drip irrigation, and fencing to keep pests at bay are the basics.


Morning #Nostr

I was thinking ahead yesterday and rolled the hay bale into the pen BEFORE going to my chiro appointment, which I needed pretty badly. The greenhouse needed attention as the cucumbers were getting lanky and needed tying. Mid afternoon I went through my carrot row and was pleasantly surprised to find I ACTUALLY grew some nice carrots for once. Noramally the soil won't allow it.

#homesteading #farmstr #farming #foodstr #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain #spiderchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-rolled-hay-bale-chiro-shears-trimming-tying-carrots-casting-cutting-spiders-tuesday?ref=flemingfarm


It damn well better be able to look at who it is pouring for and pour accordingly for that much.


WTF!?


I'd be the one holding it down to give me a full glass.


Like all antennas the higher they are mounted the better the signal. If you could put it up above the tree level it could possibly get you the distance you need.


god morgen #nostr

After the thunderstorms rolled past yesterday morning I was in the greenhouse to pick when I found this monster of a dragonfly trying to find its way out. I caught it and carried it outside where it let me get some shots of it before it flitted off across the garden. I don't often see them that big around the farm so this was pretty cool, plus getting to hold it. The coloring was really nifty and I can't remember seeing the pattern before around here.

#homesteading #farming #farmstr #gardening #foodstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/thunderstorms-harvests-giant-dragonfly-tree-trimming-more-pea-seeds-hairy-girl-monday?ref=flemingfarm


Naps are evil. EEEEVVVIIIILLLLLLL!!


Good blood bath morn #Nostr

Yesterday morning we got 4 hours of rain which dropped .19" and kept the temps nice and cool. I got a number of things harvested in the afternoon with a nice 18 pounds of cabbage, 7 pounds of beets, and the removal of the bug eaten kale. Took a look around after dark and found I have a veritable herd of barn spiders all around the farm. (♫The freaks come out at night♫ keeps repeating in my head.)

Hope you all are able to take advantage of this nice dip.

#homesteading #farming #farmstr #gardening #foodstr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #grownostr #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/summer-rain-storm-olympics-harvests-cabbage-haul-beets-killed-kale-spider-herd-sunday?ref=flemingfarm


I see London I see France


Fred Durst just can't let the look go


Mornin #Nostr

The weather was a bust yesterday as we were supposed to get rain. I got spit on once and that was it, but it kept the temps a bit cooler and not nearly the 100F predicted. Got my harvests done early then watched a bunch of the Olympics during the day as I worked on various tasks.  The "friendly" match between Utd and Liverpool was a perfect portent of the coming season for Utd as they got blown out 3-0... sad for such a "big time" team.

Of course TODAY it's raining and the downpour is moving over now.

#homesteading #farmstr #foodstr #gardening #grownostr #hive #peakd #dailyblog #plebchain

https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@flemingfarm/harvests-the-rain-that-wasnt-peas-man-utd-suck-grilling-spiders-saturday?ref=flemingfarm